Balloon structure

ABSTRACT

An improved balloon structure comprises: a balloon having a nozzle; and a light-emitting device fixed on a wire, wherein the wire is coupled with the balloon such that the light-emitting device is capable of generating lighting from the inside or outside of the balloon.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an improved balloon structure, and moreparticularly to a balloon structure that generates lighting by couplinga balloon with a wire having a light-emitting device disposed thereon.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The balloon is lighter than air and can float quite high in the sky. Asa result, a lot of balloons are generally released to liven up theatmosphere of pageant. In addition, patterns may be formed on theoutside of the balloon, and the balloon is coupled with a wire or a rodfor being held by hand before floating to a constant height. Recently,the balloon is usually coupled to a firm-shaped object to form adecorative object having balloons arranged thereon, wherein thisdecorative object is generally applied to the location such as a weddingor a garden party for increasing atmosphere. The above-mentioned balloonstructure is capable of livening up the atmosphere in the daytime or atthe location with sufficient illumination, but it is useless duringnighttime. As a result, the conventional balloon structure must beimproved to enable it to create lifelikeness and interest duringnighttime or at the location that lacks sufficient illumination or toprovide different effects in the daytime.

Whereas the foregoing description, the present inventor makes diligentstudies in providing the consumers with a brand-new improved balloonstructure.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is a main object of the present invention to provide an improvedballoon structure that generates lighting by coupling a balloon with awire having a light-emitting device disposed thereon for being usableduring nighttime or at the location that lacks sufficient illumination.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an improvedballoon structure, wherein a plurality of light-emitting devices havingrespective receivers are arranged on a wire of a balloon such that theballoon structure can generate constant lighting or twinkling lightingby operating a remote control.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an improvedballoon structure, wherein a plurality of light-emitting devices, whichare connected to a conducting wire, are arranged on a wire of a balloonand a controller is disposed on the rear end of the conducting wire soas to enable the balloon structure to generate constant lighting ortwinkling lighting by operating the controller.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, an improved balloonstructure comprises: a balloon having a nozzle; and a light-emittingdevice fixed on a wire, wherein the wire is coupled with the balloonsuch that the light-emitting device is capable of generating lightingfrom the inside or outside of the balloon.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a balloon structure in accordance with a first preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a balloon structure in accordance with a second preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a balloon structure in accordance with a third preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a balloon structure in accordance with a fourth preferredembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a balloon structure in accordance with a fifth preferredembodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The above-mentioned features and advantages of the present inventionwill be better understood by reference to the following descriptions ofembodiments taken in conjunction with the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4 or FIG. 5, the presentinvention relates to an improved balloon structure, which comprises aballoon 10 and at least one light-emitting device 20.

The first balloon 10 has a nozzle 11 for air inflation.

The light-emitting device 20 is composed of a LED, a battery and areceiver (not shown) disposed on a circuit board, wherein the receiveris capable of receiving a signal from a remote control to enable thelight-emitting device 20 to generate constant lighting, twinklinglighting or color changing lighting according to the requirements ofusers.

The light-emitting device 20 is coupled with a wire 30 by the followingfive methods. In the first method, a single light-emitting device 20 isadhered to the wire 30. In the second method, a single light-emittingdevice 20 is adhered to the end of the wire 30. In the third method,several light-emitting devices 20 are adhered to the wire 30 in astraight line. In the fourth method, several honeycomb-arrangedlight-emitting devices 20 are adhered to the wire 30. In the fifthmethod, the light-emitting device 20 is adhered to two wires 30simultaneously. Besides, the light-emitting device 20 that adheres tothe wire 30 is further connected to a conducting wire, and a controller(not shown) is disposed on the rear end of the conducting wire towiredly enable the light-emitting device 20 to generate constantlighting or twinkling lighting.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the wire 30 can becoupled with the balloon 10 by two kinds of assembling processes. In thefirst assembling process, if the light-emitting device 20 located on thewire 30 is connected to the conducting wire, the wire 30 is positionedon the inside of the deflated balloon 10, whereby one end of the wire 30is adhered to the inside of the balloon 10 and the other end of the wire30 is located at the nozzle 11 or at any location inside the balloon 10.After the gas inflation is completed, the nozzle 11 is sealed such thatthe light-emitting device 20 is located inside the balloon 10 and thatthe conducting wire together with the controller that connects to therear end of the conducting wire are both located on the outside of theballoon 10, whereby the first balloon structure is completed. Aftercompletion of the first assembling process, several reflection sheets 50are optionally adhered to the top surface of the balloon 10 and a ribbon40 is tied to the nozzle 11 of the balloon 10. In addition, the nozzle11 has two passageways to allow the passing of the gas and theconducting wires.

In the second assembling process, if the receiver is located on thelight-emitting device 20 that locates on the wire 30, the wire 30 ispositioned on the inside of the deflated balloon 10, whereby two ends ofthe wire 30 are both adhered to the inside of the balloon 10. For thesame reason, if two wires 30 are utilized, the respective ends of thewires 30 can be directly adhered to the deflated balloon 10 forproviding more secure connection between the balloon 10 and the wires30. For the same reason, if the single light-emitting device 20 isadhered to one end of the wire 30, the other end of the wire 30 can beadhered to the inner top surface of the balloon 10. After the gasinflation is completed, the nozzle 11 of the balloon 10 is sealed suchthat the light-emitting device 20 that locates on the wire 30 is locatedinside the balloon, whereby the second balloon structure is completed.After completion of the second assembling process, several reflectionsheets 50 are optionally adhered to the top surface of the balloon 10and a ribbon 40 is tied to nozzle 11 of the balloon 10.

When in use, the single light-emitting diode 20 or the straight-alignedor honeycomb-arranged light-emitting diodes 20 of the first balloonstructure of the present invention can generate lighting in a constantor twinkling mode by operating the controller. Besides, the ribbon 40and the reflection sheets 50 that dispose on the balloon 10 can reflectthe light emitted from the light-emitting diode 20 to generate differentdecoration effect. As a result, the balloon 10 is able to createlifelikeness and interest during nighttime or at the location that lackssufficient illumination.

When in use, the single light-emitting diode 20 or the straight-alignedor honeycomb-arranged light-emitting diodes 20 of the second balloonstructure of the present invention can generate constant lighting ortwinkling lighting by operating the remote control. Besides, the ribbon40 and the reflection sheets 50 that dispose on the balloon 10 canreflect the light emitted from the light-emitting diode 20 to generatedifferent decoration effect. As a result, the balloon 10 is able tocreate lifelikeness and interest during nighttime or at the locationthat lacks sufficient illumination.

As shown in FIG. 1 through FIG. 5, the light-emitting device 20 and thewire 30 of the present invention are disposed in the balloon 10.However, when in use, the wire 30 including the light-emitting device 20fixed thereon may be alternatively disposed on the outside of theballoon 10. The remaining components, which are identical to theforgoing description, are omitted herein. Therefore, the light-emittingdevice 20 that locates on the outer surface of the balloon 10 is capableof generating lighting. As a result, the balloon 10 is applicable duringboth daytime and nighttime and at the location that lacks sufficientillumination. In addition, the balloon 10 can further generate lightingin a constant, twinkling or color-changing mode by operating the remotecontrol or the controller.

In accordance with the foregoing description, it is apparent that thepresent invention provides the advantages as follows:

1. In the balloon structure of the present invention, the wire is fixedon the inside of the balloon such that the light-emitting device thatdisposes on the wire is capable of generating lighting from the insideof the balloon, thereby enabling the balloon to be further applicableduring both daytime and nighttime and at the location that lackssufficient illumination.

2. In the balloon structure of the present invention, the light-emittingdevice that locates inside the balloon is provided with the receiver/theremoter control or the conducting wire/the controller such that theballoon can further generate constant lighting, twinkling lighting orcolor changing lighting by operating the remote control or thecontroller.

In summary, the present invention indeed achieves the expected objectsby providing a multivariate balloon structure. Accordingly, the presentinvention meets the requirement for patentability and is thereforesubmitted for a patent.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been set forth forthe purpose of disclosure, modifications of the disclosed embodiment ofthe invention as well as other embodiments thereof may occur to thoseskilled in the art. Accordingly, the appended claims are intended tocover all embodiments, which do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe invention.

1. A balloon structure comprising: a balloon having a nozzle; and a light-emitting device fixed on a wire, wherein said wire is coupled with said balloon such that said light-emitting device is capable of generating lighting from the inside or outside of said balloon.
 2. The balloon structure of claim 1, wherein said wire is located on the inside of said balloon and said light-emitting device that fixes on said wire is coupled with another wire for being positioned securely.
 3. The balloon structure of claim 1, wherein said wire is located on the inside of said balloon and coupled with said nozzle and said light-emitting device is fixed on said wire.
 4. The balloon structure of claim 1, wherein said wire is located on the inside of said balloon and said light-emitting device is arranged in a straight line.
 5. The balloon structure of claim 1, wherein said wire is located on the inside of said balloon and said light-emitting device is arranged in a honeycomb shape.
 6. The balloon structure of claim 1, wherein said light-emitting device is coupled with one end of said wire and the other end of said wire is coupled with an inner top surface of said balloon.
 7. The balloon structure of claim 1, wherein said wire is located on the outside of said balloon and said light-emitting device that fixes on said wire is capable of generating lighting from the outside of said balloon.
 8. The balloon structure of claim 7, wherein said light-emitting device has a circuit having a LED, a battery and a receiver located thereon.
 9. The balloon structure of claim 7, wherein said light-emitting device is connected to a conducting wire and a controller is connected to the rear end of said conducting wire for enabling said light-emitting device to generate lighting.
 10. The balloon structure of claim 9, wherein said nozzle has two passageways to allow the passing of a gas and said conducting wire. 